Webster B S, Snook S H
Liberty Mutual Research Center for Safety & Health, Hopkinton, MA 01748.
J Occup Med. 1994 Jul;36(7):713-7.
There is little information available of the costs of upper extremity cumulative trauma disorders. Cost data were collected from computerized records of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company for upper extremity cumulative trauma disorder workers' compensation claims (N = 6,067) and for all claims (N = 731,087) initiated from 45 states during 1989. The data were not analyzed until July 1992, allowing more accurate "closing cost" data to be used in the analysis. Upper extremity cumulative trauma disorder cases represented 0.83% of all claims and 1.64% of all claims costs. The mean cost per case for upper extremity cumulative trauma disorders was $8070; median cost per case was $824. Medical costs represented 32.9% of the total costs; indemnity costs were 65.1%. The total compensable cost for upper extremity cumulative trauma disorders in the United States was estimated to be $563 million.
关于上肢累积性创伤疾病的成本信息很少。成本数据取自利宝互助保险公司的计算机记录，涉及上肢累积性创伤疾病的工伤赔偿索赔（N = 6,067）以及1989年期间来自45个州发起的所有索赔（N = 731,087）。这些数据直到1992年7月才进行分析，以便在分析中使用更准确的“结案成本”数据。上肢累积性创伤疾病案例占所有索赔的0.83%，占所有索赔成本的1.64%。上肢累积性创伤疾病的每例平均成本为8070美元；每例中位数成本为824美元。医疗成本占总成本的32.9%；赔偿成本为65.1%。据估计，美国上肢累积性创伤疾病的可赔偿总成本为5.63亿美元。
